Spider Siege! - round 4

[tomcat]

Situation: Holed up in the Millfort, the company plans to deal a wicked sting to the Spiders of Mirkwood!

Attercops
Hunters
Tauler

Combat Advantage dice:
• Esgalwen 1 / 2
• Rorin 2 / 2


Situation Modifiers:
• The Company has initiative
• The hatch is covered with webs - TN 10 to hit and 5 END to clear

Physical Modifiers (complications):
The Millfort is impregnable save for five locations.

A) Each door has been successfully repaired and has 60 END points each (FRONT 60/60; BACK 55/60). No spiders can get in them until they reduce the doors to 0 END and then roll a Piercing attack that overcomes a 3d armor rating.

B) Each window is a vantage point that allows an attack out (and in). Ranged weapons may be fired out and the defending archer gains the Rearward DEFENSE, but may use the Open ATTACK TN. Overwhelming numbers of enemies do not affect ranged combat while the defenses hold. Melee weapons may be used to attack out (and in) but the defenders gain the Defensive DEFENSE TN rating, but may use the Forward ATTACK TN. Attackers from the outside may return a melee attack through a window, but may NOT enter the fort.

C) The hatch has been successfully repaired and has 40 END points. No spiders can get through it until they reduce the hatch to 0 END and then roll a Piercing attack that overcomes a 2d armor rating.

D) The floor has been successfully repaired and has 20 END points. No spiders can get through it until they reduce the floor to 0 END and then roll a Piercing attack that overcomes a 1d armor rating.

E) The stone roof of the fort is compromised - there is a large hole here. The second floor offers little defense and any PC that decides to fight on the second floor will not be eligible for vantage defenses once spiders come through the hole in the roof. Ranged combat WILL be affected by overwhelming numbers, if the archer positions themselves here, instead of on the first floor.

IF the first floor defenses are compromised, vantage benefits are lost as the spiders enter the room. There will be NO opening volleys, as the things coming in the night are invisible in the trees.

PC/NPC	PARRY	ARMOUR	HOPE	ENDURANCE
Arbogast Bandy Esgalwen Grimbeorn Rorin Bofri	6 (shield +3) 9 (shield n/a) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [giant strength] (shield +4) 4 (shield n/a) 4 (shield +2)	2d (headgear +1) 1d (headgear n/a) 1d (headgear n/a) none (headgear +1) 5d (headgear n/a) 3d (headgear n/a)	13/16 16/18 10/12 10/12 7/10 n/a	14/26 22/22 27/27 31/31 28/34 9/21 [Weary]

COMBAT STATUS by PC

PC	ENEMY	PARRY	ARMOUR	END	HATE	NOTES
Bandy	Attercop 1 Attercop 12 Attercop 14	4 4 4	2d 2d 2d	DEAD DEAD 12/12	2/2 2/2 2/2	• firing arrows through 1st floor vantage, spider must attack with Rearward stance
Esgalwen	Attercop 2 Attecop 13 Attercop 15	4 4 4	2d 2d 2d	DEAD DEAD 5/12	2/2 2/2 2/2	• firing arrows through 1st floor vantage, spider must attack with Rearward stance
Arbogast	Attercop 3 Attercop 6 Hunter 1 Attercop 16	4 4 6 4	2d 2d 3d 2d	DEAD DEAD 18/25 8/12	2/2 2/2 3/3 2/2	• in melee on second floor with two spiders coming through roof, spiders match PC stance
Rorin	Attercop 4 Attercop 8 Attercop 9 Hunter 2	4 4 4 6	2d 2d 2d 3d	DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD	2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3	• in melee on second floor with spiders coming through roof, spiders match PC stance
Bofri	Attercop 5 Attercop 11 Hunter 3	4 4 6	2d 2d 3d	DEAD DEAD 25/25	2/2 2/2 3/3	• in melee on second floor with spiders coming through roof, spiders match PC stance
Grimbeorn	Attercop 7 Attercop 10	4 4	2d 2d	5/12 12/12	2/2 2/2	• in melee on second floor with spiders coming through roof, spiders match PC stance

STANCE	TN (+parry)	PC / LMC	Options...
Forward - action order 1 Close combat	TN 6+	none	Forward Stance maneuvers
Open - action order 2 Close combat	TN 9+	Grimbeorn, Rorin	Open Stance maneuvers
Defensive - action order 3 Close combat	TN 12+	Arbogast, Bofri	Defensive Stance maneuvers
Rearward - action order 4 Ranged combat Must be 2 other PC's in Close Combat May not use if outnumbered 2:1	TN 12+	Bandy, Esgalwen	Rearward Stance maneuvers
Any Escape combat Must start in Rearward or roll TN 10 + highest attribute level of opponents		none	May safely flee from the scene of combat

[Eclecticon]

Borne down beneath the weight of leaping spiders, the Fire-watcher vanishes beneath a thicket of black, hairy legs.  Then his axe comes into view, rising and falling, driving the creatures back just far enough that he can regain his footing. 

"Bofri, damn the beasts, get below!" 



I'm still protecting Bofri while I hack away at the Hunter spider.  Are any others close enough to be cloven?

Rolled 1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 4d6 : 5, 2, 6, 5, total 18

[GandalfOfBorg]

Grimbeorn is getting frustrated by this engagement.  "I told them," he thinks.

  Twin Strike
 

Axes 7 -  1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 1d6 : 4, total 4

 

Axes 10 -  1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 1d6 : 4, total 4

[Telcontar]

Courage and determination, that's what would see them through his. The Hobbit had no idea about what was transpiring above, all he knew was that he needed to draw and loose his bow at the spiders. Nothing fancy, no trick shots or delays for openenings, just simply draw ab arrow string it and let fly.
He reached to his quiver and thought, when I'm back in Mountain Hall I need to get some more of that cheese, it was delightful.

Rolled 1d12 : 11, total 11

or

Rolled 1d12 : 5, total 5

Rolled 4d6 : 3, 6, 3, 6, total 18

[Telcontar]

The arrow lept from his bow and buried itself deep into the Spider that filled his window.

[disench4nted]

The new larger spider leapt down from it's perch and turned it's sharp fangs towards Rorin. The creature's mass knocked him off balance and Rorin fell to the ground with the spider atop him. With a great heave the dwarf thew back his assailant and regained his feet.

Before the spider could react, Rorin aimed his hammer at the center of the thing's many eyes and brought his hammer down intent to split open it's head.



Rorin switches to Open stance

TN 15 Targeted Strike

Rolled 1d12 : 8, total 8
Rolled 2d6 : 4, 4, total 8

[tomcat]

Results thus far for the heroes attacks:

• Arbogast hits with a 27 Great success and deals 7 END / 4 END

• Bandy hits with a 23 Extraordinarry success and deals 11 END

• Grimbeorn fails both attacks

• Rorin hits with a 16 success and deals 10 END piercing blow TN 18

Hunter spider
TN 18 armour 3d

1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 2, 5, total 13

[tomcat]

Bofri and Esgalwen

Esgalwen fires on Attercop 15
TN 13 great bow 2d

1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 4, total 10

7   edge: 10   injury: 16

Bofri changes to defensive stance, attacks attercop 11
TN 16 axe 4d

1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 4d6 : 6, 5, 1, 6, total 18

5   edge:      injury: 18

[tomcat]

The hunter spider prepared to spring at Rorin, but the Dwarf smashed his hammer down again and crushed the awful creature. Even as one died, it seemed more took their place. Webbing sprayed from spinnerets and the second floor of the tower began to look blanketed in white.

Three more of the hunters climbed through the hole of the roof, surrounding the four companions. Below, Bandy feathered another and it fell with a horrid squeal. The Hobbit smiled, but his pleasure faded when a great dark thing filled his window and then climbed up.

The tower began to tremble as it was shaken by something large.
Attercops 7, 10 and 16 will spray webs over the hatch if successful, it will block the entrance and must be cut away; the web will has 5 END and is cumulative for each web cast
TN 12 ensnare 2d6+3

attercop 7 1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 2d6+3 : 2, 6 + 3, total 11

attercop 10 1d12 : 6, total 6
Rolled 2d6+3 : 4, 4 + 3, total 11

attercop 16 1d12 : 10, total 10
Rolled 2d6+3 : 5, 5 + 3, total 13

Hunter 1 attacks Bofri
TN 18 beak 2d6+4

1d12 : 1, total 1
Rolled 2d6+4 : 2, 2 + 4, total 8

6   edge:     injury: 15

Hunter 3 attacks Arbogast
TN 21 beak 2d6+4

1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 2d6+4 : 3, 6 + 4, total 13

6   edge:     injury: 15

Spider outside attacks the front door (basically leaping and smashing its mass against the doors):
TN 10 2d

1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 2d6 : 4, 4, total 8

Spider outside attacks the back door (basically leaping and smashing its mass against the doors):
TN 10 2d

1d12 : 1, total 1
Rolled 2d6 : 5, 1, total 6

[tomcat]

Results for spiders...

• The hatch is now covered with a blanket of tough silk that takes 20 END to clear, TN 10

• Front door takes 5 END damage [21/60]

• all other attacks failed

[Eclecticon]

Rorin, you magnificent motherfucker!